The diagram illustrates the process of how potato chips are made. Overall, the manufacturing process consists of several main stages, beginning with checking the quality of raw potatoes and ending with packaging the final product into bags or cans.
At the beginning, employees inspect the potatoes to check their quality. After the quality check is complete, the potatoes are placed into a washer where they are cleaned using cold rinse water. Next, the potatoes are transferred to a peeler machine, which removes their skins along with excess starch.
Once peeled, the potatoes move to a slicer using a bucket conveyor. After being sliced, they pass under an air blower on a flat bed conveyor to be dried, before moving into a deep fryer where they are cooked.
Finally, after the potato slices are fried, salt is added to flavor them. The finished potato chips then travel along a flat belt conveyor to the packaging stage, where they are packed using either a bag packer or a bulk can filler.